Travel Tip: Pop Culture and Cinema in CanadaTirgan Festival

Tirgan FestivalCANADATORONTO • Harbourfront Centre • Ongoing

Touted as the world’s largest Iranian festival, Tirgan showcases the richness and diversity of Iranian culture.

This year, Tirgan explores the idea of “hope” and highlights humanity’s ability to persevere, overcome and survive. Tirgan also places a special focus on women and the important contributions women have made to Iran’s cultural mosaic. Iranian contemporary arts are shaped in part by members of society whose voice may not be heard, whose image was taboo and whose legal standing was half of their male counterparts. Throughout history, Iranians have had their share of natural and self-inflicted devastations, yet there is no more powerful indication to hope than artistic and cultural heritage.